It has been 30 years since the The Guerrilla Girls' created the infamous poster, Do Women have to be Naked to get into The Met. With this in mind, I began to question if The Metropolitan Museum of...

Scientific studies have shown that bipolar mood switches can sync with the phases of the lunar cycle under certain circumstances. Since I live with bipolar, I tracked my mood for 72 days and...

The German federal election takes place this September. For the first time since the 1950s, a party to the right of the CDU/CSU is on track to enter the German parliament: the right-wing populist...

Maps of Paintings is an experimental mapping project commissioned by the National Gallery in London to allow visitors to join in celebrating the National Gallery’s 200th anniversary of connecting...

Aretha Franklin’s genius redefined music and spanned genres, helping her amass 73 hits— songs ranked in a week’s 100 most popular by Billboard—over her 60-year career. Today her timeless talent...

Electrifying transportation in Quebec is an ambitious yet complex endeavor. Of the 7.3 million registered vehicles in the province, only 3.6% are electric, reflecting hurdles such as high purchase...

We decided to revisit election night, but with a twist—music. Donald Trump became president-elect of the United States after defeating Hillary Clinton with more than 270 electoral votes. But, how...

This map was made by overlaying two publicly-available NASA maps showing light from cities at night. One map was recorded in 1992, the other in 2010. By overlaying and tinting them red and blue,...

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Meet the Millennials: one of the largest generations in history is about to move into its prime spending years. Millennials are poised to reshape the economy; their unique experiences will...

TomCast is a research tool for financial market forecasts that allows tracking and analyzing published forecasts to understand their quality. We designed and developed an initial version of the...

Only two cities have had the distinction of being named the most populous city in the United States. The first one was Philadelphia, estimated to be the biggest city in the country at the time of...

In partnership with Hopelab, the Koko team turned to Data Culture to showcase the proven benefits of their enhanced crisis response tool. Using both CDC data, and results from Koko’s peer-reviewed...

The work is part (Part 2) of a triptych of visualizations studying the colors of national flags. Each color has a specific meaning, so the aim was to understand which colors appear on the flags of...

Every year, millions come to Google to search for news and information that helps illuminate the world around them. While people often search for breaking news, the latest sports scores, or what's...

During the 2020 Lockdown in the UK I would play the game Drawful 2, a pictionary game, with my family. One family member makes very challenging drawings, can you interpret them? And what can we...

The work we do with our client, the Canadian Climate Institute, is always an opportunity to be bold, collaborative and to gain creative confidence. In this new project, the objective was to reveal...

Style, skills, power, character, charisma. The noble art is much more than a bunch of numbers, but what does data tell us?

Through motion graphics based on data from the India State of Forest Report by the Forest Survey of India, Frondescence portrays the forest cover of Indian states. ​ The piece invites viewer...

The past decade has seen a significant shift in the attitudes of UK newspapers towards climate change, according to new analysis undertaken by Carbon Brief. Drawing from a database of more than...

The Infinite Drum Machine can create beats using sounds from the everyday world. Thanks to the Philharmonica Orchestra, London, for contributing some sounds to this project.

“Discrimination Is Breaking People’s Hearts” was part of a special package of articles highlighting problems and solutions in health equity. The Scientific American editorial team quickly...

Sustainable Development Goals sanctioned by the UN are basically a "to do list" for humankind. Take a closer look.

After the policy of “The Belt and Road Initiative” has been put forward, we take the information design of the number of people entering China as the theme, and use the illustration to show the...

Around 3 months into my backpacking trip, I was wandering around in Ukraine while trying to learn a few words. As hard as I tried, I would butcher the simplest of phrases such as "Good day"...

The diagram shows the Formal Conceptual Distance between Gastroenterology Concepts in SNOMED CT. The colors are levels in the hierarchy and the lines represent the relative formal conceptual...

A visualization about the shared bicycle program and bicycle infrastructure in Austin, Texas with an emphasis on safety and desirability, using multiple large data resources.

We think that the world is fascinating. That is why we created Factourism combining our love of strange facts with our love for illustration. Factourism is an ever evolving series of illustrated...

The Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia (CINS) monitors the development of coronavirus in Serbia and its impact on the lives of people since the beginning of the pandemic. Since there is...

Introduced a traditional Chinese traditional weaving process.